Art : Western Artists : Gordon Coutts, Western Desert Scene, Oil on Canvas. Signed lower right. Painting in sketchy manner depicting Western desert scene with two Indians mounted on horses. Condition: excellent. Ref.: Benezit, Hislips, Davenports; Moure: Publications in Southern California Art, L.A. 1984. Collections: Oakland Museum; de Young Museum; Melbourne Art Gallery; Adelaide National Gallery; The National Art Gallery, Sydney. Gordon Coutts was born 1868 (Glasgow, Scotland) and died 1937 (Palm Springs, California). Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Gordon Coutts is best known for desert landscape painting, especially of California. Coutts started his studies in Glasgow and continued in London and Paris. He spent several years in Melbourne, Australia. He was instructor to the Art Society of New South Wales, Sydney from 1896-99. Afterwards he returned to Europe until circa 1914, when he moved to Tangiers and later Palm Springs (c. 1925). width height 34.5" 26.25" Inventory Department: PT Inventory Number: CON-3387-003 Price: $5,000.00 Click here for print friendly page